I have noticed that when I am in a desi store to get anything and happen to have a bill of a higher denomination as compared to the purchase you have made (eg. you offer a $20 bill for a couple of cans of coke around $4) the desi sales uncle / aunty will ALWAYS ask you “Change nahi aap kay paas?” … something that is virtually unheard of in the non desi stores, you get a can of pop and offer them a $50 bill, they wont even bat an eyelid and do it professionally. A purchase is a purchase afterall, no matter what the value.
Like today my total purchase was around $11 and I offered a $20, the aunty says “Change nahi hay aik dollar?”
abay its none of your frikkin buisness what change I am carrying in my pocket just give me back my $9 - I need those loonies for the weekly laundry
Why don't you do all your shopping at Neimen Marcus and Nordstorm ? No problems like these there. Just kidding.
Desi stores do not carry lots of change and cannot afford to. They do not even have the volume of business which is typical for even a low volume 7-11.
If you happen to visit some big desi stores and there are so many in desi heavens like Chicago, Jackson Heights, Anaheim etc you will not see this issue there either.
1-In small store its not safe to carry ton of change in the till/register.
Plus some lasy a$$ dtore owner don’t go to bank every morning to get enough change for the day.
2-Some time you run real low on change, ur only one there so you can’t lock up and go to bank to get some change.
3-20$ is pain in the A$$ its easier to break a 10 or 50.
4-And all small stores are run by desi/arab/korians so you could say only those ppl do that.
Its partially true.
5-Plus we hate ppl who think our cash register is a change machine. Because we actually have to take our asses to bank to get that change.
Its not just desi stores, but most smaller mini-mart type convenience stores. And hey even some of them have signs that say they do not accept large bills like $50. I guess all for the reasons above.
i don’t mind them asking that. james bhannd…try to be tolerant. all they do is ask…its not that they are forcing u to give them change or searching ur pockets. as for mentality…how about rai-ka-pahar-desi mentality which u just demonstrated. them asking you for the change is not like them hitting u with a TOAP.
